Value-based films or films that portray the 'Indian culture' are a part of the three-day film festival organised by RSS-affiliate Bharati Chitra Sadhana.
After organising this film festival, which was inaugurated by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani on Monday, the RSS affiliate wants to start film appreciation workshops and courses to teach aspiring film-makers on how to bring back the lost 'Indian-ness' in films.
Short films on issues ranging from sex education in schools, eve-teasing, reservation, domestic violence and many other social issues will be shown as a part of the festival. A special documentary, which is a tribute to the Indian armed forces, is also a part of the festival.
The purpose of the film festival, organisers say, is to have a more value-based cinema, unlike what is made these days.
According to the organisers of the festival, the films that will be showcased here have been chosen from 700 entries that came to them from young filmmakers and film students across the country. The jury that selected the films includes film makers Madhur Bhandarkar, Priyadarshan, Subhash Ghai and actress Hema Malini, along with actors Paresh Rawal, Manoj Kishi and BJP MP Kirron Kher, among others.
The festival called Chitra Bharati will also have workshops focussed on acting, direction and screenplay by known faces of the industry, such as Ghai, Bhandarkar and Bhojpuri actor and MP Manoj Tiwari.
Haryana Chief Minister Manoharlal Khattar was also present at the inaugural ceremony of the festival, where he announced that Haryana is soon going to have its own film policy. "We will have our own film school where film making will be taught. This will also serve as a medium to make more films on issues related to the state. Soon, we might have our own film policy too," Khattar said.
I&B Minister Smriti Irani congratulated the organisers for being able to portray films like an actual form of art and not just a commercial entity, and suggested that the next edition of the festival should have workshops on editing and animation as well.
